The IAF's Projects
Current Projects
Research project
Moflin
To what extent does the AI robot Moflin have the potential to be used as an instrument for activation therapies in institutions for the older people?
Research project
FreiZeit (Leisure / Free Time)
Periods between encounters and without care: methodological plural explorations of the experience of persons with dementia
Research project
Tenna Hospice - Accompaniment and Documentation
"Alte Sennerei" Tenna is an innovative, civic and social housing project in the Safiental (GR).
Research project
Robotics platform
Development and implementation of an information platform for existing robotic systems in the field of care and support for ageing people
Research project
International Expertise for life in old age - AGE-INT
International Expertise from Switzerland for Innovative Solutions for an Ageing Society
AGE-INT is the largest national research project dealing with the challenges and opportunities of demographic change in a practice-oriented manner with a trans- and interdisciplinary project team in the three largest language regions of…
Research project
Digital Skills 50+
Digital skills and training needs of people 50+
Expired Projects
Research project
Identity constructions for retirement: contents and processes of identity work in the transition to the post-acquisition phase
In the course of demographic change, a growing number of people in Switzerland are reaching retirement age. For those affected, retirement is accompanied by diverse and drastic changes and in this sense can be seen as a particularly sensitive period of life for coming to terms with one's own identity.
Research project
Robot "NAO" in action: promoting movement for older people
Robots are increasingly being used to assist older people.
Research project
Digital divide - What do older employees really need in the context of digital transformation?
The project in cooperation between the HR-Panel New Work and the Institute of Age Research dealt with the question to what extent an age-related digital divide is perceived in companies and what role age-discriminatory prejudices play in this context.
Research project
Instant messaging and social relationships: Effects of WhatsApp use on the subjectively experienced quality and shaping of social relationships of persons 65+
Against the background of a significant increase in internet use by older people (65+), also on mobile devices, the project addresses the question of what effects the use of WhatsApp has on the subjectively experienced quality and the shaping of social relationships of users aged 65+.
Research project
Mobility needs of people 65+
In order to develop a product that supports the mobility of older people and meets their needs, senior citizens are involved in the development of the product from the very beginning.
Research project
Testing the PARO robotic seal on socially isolated nursing home residents
The robotic seal PARO was developed in Japan for therapeutic use with people suffering from dementia. In a current project, the Interdisciplinary Competence Centre Ageing is investigating the effect of PARO in an expanded context.